idiome

See also: Idiome

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin idiōma (“idiomatic”), from Ancient Greek ἰδίωμα (idíōma, “the local dialect of an area that varies from the main dialect from which it came”), from Ancient Greek ἰδιούμαι (idioúmai, “to usurp, appropriate”), from ἴδιος (ídios, “mine, belonging to me”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.djom/

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Noun

idiome m (plural idiomes)

1. (rare) language
2. idiom (in the sense of a form of language proper to a folk or region)

Related terms

• idiomatique

Descendants

• → Romanian: idiom

Further reading

• “idiome”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle French

Noun

idiome m (plural idiomes)

1. language